Improved wick-tube



W. H. SMITH.

Wick Tube.

WTZZv v fiwmzzv [if/5 I Patented March 29, 1864.

. UNITED STATES WILLARD H. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED VVlCK-TU BE.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 42, 123. dated March 29,1864.

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD H. SMITH, of the city and county of NewYork, in the State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedWick-Tube for Lamps for Burning Kerosene Oil; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in Which- Figure 1 is a cross-section of one form of mytube, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of another form.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts of thefigures.

To enable others skilled in the art to fullyunderstand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

All parts of the lamp, except the wick-tube, may be of any of the formsnow in general use.

Figs. 1 and 2 represent two forms of my improvementthe base of onewick-tube being circular and the other semicircular, the lower orifice,a, in both being simicircu'ar, as represented in Fig. 3.

bis the wick-tube; c, the base thereof; d, the screw to fit into thereservoir; 6 e, orifices to elevate the wick.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The construction of flat wick-tubes with a semicircular orifice atthe bottom, whether the base of the tube be circular or semicircular. a

2. The wick-tubes represented by Figs. 1 and 2 constructed asrepresented, and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

W. H. SMITH.

Witnesses:

MARSHALL BARBER, S. A. HOLT.

